Comments on: G.I. Joe: the Movie http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/gi-joe-the-movie/ movie review and news blog Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:53:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: roguecds http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/gi-joe-the-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-5293 roguecds Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:43:30 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/gi-joe-the-movie/#comment-5293 Wow, I have to say I agree with most of what's already been stated. I am at heart a transformer, a Barbie, a dark Knight, and a wonder woman and a charlies' angel? Yeah, I know its a lot. Being that my heart sank for weeks after I saw Transformers the movie: knowing the GI JOE movie was coming, all I could do was worry that Flint or Duke was about to die as well. Little did I know that the movie unlike Transformers was not only going to kill Duke (coma whatever) but it was going to stink. At the time, I did think it stank. Now that I am older and in my late twenties and collect anime and watch the utter crap that is put out today and called cartoonage, I realize it doesn't quite "stink", it stank by 80s standards, not by today's standards. Right now, it would be considered quite a good piece of 'anime quality USA work' in animation done by the cartoon network. By the standards we grew up with TF the movie was very good even though we devoutly disagreed w/ some of the script. Joe was just not very well thought out frankly. Especially when we all know some of the same people were behind them. Why not get better actors for JOE, good call on Goblobulos though IMO I must contest. IMO finding out the history of Cobra Commander is the only memorable scene in the whole film. Its just that theres nothing else memorable, if Duke actually had been in the film, then him getting stabbed by Serpentor would've had some meaning. But he is not a significant character, his bumbling brother DJ is? I don't get that, Miami Vice had been cancelled by that time? General Hawk? Who? Exactly. These aren't Robots, they're humans. We cannot turn off our feelings for humans the way they 'assumed we would for Robots'. That should've been obvious by then. No Flint (background seen not heard) No Lady Jay (seen not heard) Gung Ho, Alpine, Bazooka, Dusty, Ace, Snake Eyes anybody you could name or had toys for? No lines in the film. Scarelet and Duke have a few, but only a few after his stabbing. Destro/Baroness/Mindbender/Zartan same thing? Even that cool Nemises Enforcer never speaks? Who wants to listen to Sgt. Slaughter talk and Don Johnson is for seeing not listening, who produced this movie? Visually its great though. If you watch it only on those respects and try not to pay attention to your JOE history, you may actually enjoy it. I love the sketch art of JOE/TF its unlike that of most toons of the time, JEM, VISONARIES, and INHUMANIODS have that style as well. The opening operatic sequence is quite good, cobra COBRA cobra COBRA. The basic premise of the story and script would've been fine if only if had the some of the original characters, plain and simple. All that said, I have the original VHS that I bought a few years ago brand new in the mall for 15.00 what luck. People are fueding on Ebay for 30? Wow, I have to say I agree with most of what’s already been stated. I am at heart a transformer, a Barbie, a dark Knight, and a wonder woman and a charlies’ angel? Yeah, I know its a lot. Being that my heart sank for weeks after I saw Transformers the movie: knowing the GI JOE movie was coming, all I could do was worry that Flint or Duke was about to die as well. Little did I know that the movie unlike Transformers was not only going to kill Duke (coma whatever) but it was going to stink. At the time, I did think it stank. Now that I am older and in my late twenties and collect anime and watch the utter crap that is put out today and called cartoonage, I realize it doesn’t quite “stink”, it stank by 80s standards, not by today’s standards. Right now, it would be considered quite a good piece of ‘anime quality USA work’ in animation done by the cartoon network.

By the standards we grew up with TF the movie was very good even though we devoutly disagreed w/ some of the script. Joe was just not very well thought out frankly. Especially when we all know some of the same people were behind them. Why not get better actors for JOE, good call on Goblobulos though IMO I must contest. IMO finding out the history of Cobra Commander is the only memorable scene in the whole film. Its just that theres nothing else memorable, if Duke actually had been in the film, then him getting stabbed by Serpentor would’ve had some meaning. But he is not a significant character, his bumbling brother DJ is? I don’t get that, Miami Vice had been cancelled by that time? General Hawk? Who? Exactly. These aren’t Robots, they’re humans. We cannot turn off our feelings for humans the way they ‘assumed we would for Robots’. That should’ve been obvious by then. No Flint (background seen not heard) No Lady Jay (seen not heard) Gung Ho, Alpine, Bazooka, Dusty, Ace, Snake Eyes anybody you could name or had toys for? No lines in the film. Scarelet and Duke have a few, but only a few after his stabbing. Destro/Baroness/Mindbender/Zartan same thing? Even that cool Nemises Enforcer never speaks? Who wants to listen to Sgt. Slaughter talk and Don Johnson is for seeing not listening, who produced this movie?

Visually its great though. If you watch it only on those respects and try not to pay attention to your JOE history, you may actually enjoy it. I love the sketch art of JOE/TF its unlike that of most toons of the time, JEM, VISONARIES, and INHUMANIODS have that style as well. The opening operatic sequence is quite good, cobra COBRA cobra COBRA.
The basic premise of the story and script would’ve been fine if only if had the some of the original characters, plain and simple. All that said, I have the original VHS that I bought a few years ago brand new in the mall for 15.00 what luck. People are fueding on Ebay for 30?

]]> By: bCartoons - Cartoon network, pictures, news » G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/gi-joe-the-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-636 bCartoons - Cartoon network, pictures, news » G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:24:06 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/gi-joe-the-movie/#comment-636 [...] A very big change from the G.I. Joe we’re used to, but at the same time, a step-up from the reviled DiC series which took place after G.I. Joe the Movie. The Sgt. Savage OVA marks the return of Sunbow as producers of G.I. Joe animation, but in reality, it’s somewhat of a fusion between the original Sunbow and the DiC series. You have producer Jay Bacal and voice direction Wally Burr back in action, but the voice actors from the DiC series remain on hand. It’s sort of a “best of both worlds” kind of thing. [...] [...] A very big change from the G.I. Joe we’re used to, but at the same time, a step-up from the reviled DiC series which took place after G.I. Joe the Movie. The Sgt. Savage OVA marks the return of Sunbow as producers of G.I. Joe animation, but in reality, it’s somewhat of a fusion between the original Sunbow and the DiC series. You have producer Jay Bacal and voice direction Wally Burr back in action, but the voice actors from the DiC series remain on hand. It’s sort of a “best of both worlds” kind of thing. [...]

]]> By: bCartoons - Cartoon network, pictures, news » G.I. Joe Operation: Dragonfire - Review http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/gi-joe-the-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-579 bCartoons - Cartoon network, pictures, news » G.I. Joe Operation: Dragonfire - Review Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:47:45 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/gi-joe-the-movie/#comment-579 [...] It would seem that many people choose to forget the DiC era of G.I. Joe animation, or simply are not aware the 2 seasons after G.I. Joe the Movie ever existed. I find myself hard-pressed to blame these people for their selective memory or willful ignorance, because quite honestly, the majority of the DiC-produced episodes were terrible. [...] [...] It would seem that many people choose to forget the DiC era of G.I. Joe animation, or simply are not aware the 2 seasons after G.I. Joe the Movie ever existed. I find myself hard-pressed to blame these people for their selective memory or willful ignorance, because quite honestly, the majority of the DiC-produced episodes were terrible. [...]

]]> By: G.I. Joe Spy Troops: the Movie - Movie Reviews Blog http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/gi-joe-the-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-578 G.I. Joe Spy Troops: the Movie - Movie Reviews Blog Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:48:47 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/gi-joe-the-movie/#comment-578 [...] The voice-acting is performed by Canada’s immensely talented Ocean Group, who are no strangers to the world of G.I. Joe. As a matter of fact, they did the DiC series of G.I. Joe (seasons 3-4, the ones after G.I. Joe the Movie) as well as G.I. Joe Extreme. Surprisingly, though, not a single member of the Ocean Group voices a character they played during the DiC series. That might actually be a good thing, as honestly, the voices in the DiC G.I. Joe cartoon sucked. The actors this time around are given characters that more strongly suit their talents. Scott McNeil plays a fantastic Destro, Blu Mankuma’s Heavy Duty has an aura of “cool” and Michael Dobson does an exceptional Cobra Commander. Now, my one regret is that Scott McNeil didn’t reprise the role of Cobra Commander, as he voiced the character in the final season of the DiC series, after the original actor, Chris Latta, left. While I enjoyed Dobson’s approach to the character (Dobson also voiced Starscream, Latta’s other famous role, in the Transformers Armada, Energon and Cybertron cartoons), I’ve always preferred McNeil’s impression. [...] [...] The voice-acting is performed by Canada’s immensely talented Ocean Group, who are no strangers to the world of G.I. Joe. As a matter of fact, they did the DiC series of G.I. Joe (seasons 3-4, the ones after G.I. Joe the Movie) as well as G.I. Joe Extreme. Surprisingly, though, not a single member of the Ocean Group voices a character they played during the DiC series. That might actually be a good thing, as honestly, the voices in the DiC G.I. Joe cartoon sucked. The actors this time around are given characters that more strongly suit their talents. Scott McNeil plays a fantastic Destro, Blu Mankuma’s Heavy Duty has an aura of “cool” and Michael Dobson does an exceptional Cobra Commander. Now, my one regret is that Scott McNeil didn’t reprise the role of Cobra Commander, as he voiced the character in the final season of the DiC series, after the original actor, Chris Latta, left. While I enjoyed Dobson’s approach to the character (Dobson also voiced Starscream, Latta’s other famous role, in the Transformers Armada, Energon and Cybertron cartoons), I’ve always preferred McNeil’s impression. [...]

]]> By: Ultraviolet - Movie Reviews Blog http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/gi-joe-the-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Ultraviolet - Movie Reviews Blog Tue, 05 Sep 2006 19:41:02 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/gi-joe-the-movie/#comment-421 [...] The Style: This is what makes the movie worth sitting through. This movie is all about over-the-top, cartoonish action sequences that defy logic unashamedly and certainly keep you from getting bored. You’ve got gravity-defying motorcycles that can drive along the sides of buildings, sub-space pocket dimensions where people can keep guns and machetes, a fight sequence done through the reflection of trendy designer sunglasses (and it works), people running along ceilings, flaming sword fights…just for beginners. And if you ever wanted to know what Snake-Eyes from G.I. Joe would be like if there were six of him and he could transform into a bowling ball, then the first five minutes of this film with answer your question. [...] [...] The Style: This is what makes the movie worth sitting through. This movie is all about over-the-top, cartoonish action sequences that defy logic unashamedly and certainly keep you from getting bored. You’ve got gravity-defying motorcycles that can drive along the sides of buildings, sub-space pocket dimensions where people can keep guns and machetes, a fight sequence done through the reflection of trendy designer sunglasses (and it works), people running along ceilings, flaming sword fights…just for beginners. And if you ever wanted to know what Snake-Eyes from G.I. Joe would be like if there were six of him and he could transform into a bowling ball, then the first five minutes of this film with answer your question. [...]

]]> By: Wayne http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/gi-joe-the-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Wayne Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:57:34 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/gi-joe-the-movie/#comment-235 Where can I buy GI Joe the movie? Where can I buy GI Joe the movie?

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